Matter effects in the D0-D0bar system

Abstract

We discuss the impact of matter effects in the D0-D0bar system. We show that such effects could, in principle, be measured, but that they cannot be used to probe the mass difference x_D or the lifetime difference y_D. This occurs because the mixing effects and the matter effects decouple at short times. We also comment briefly on the B systems.

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• Effect of nuclear interactions of neutral kaons on CP asymmetry measurements